I had a rebellious heart, but Damon’s gaze made it impossible for to say no.
Even a stranger should lend a hand to a sick patient.
I took a few steps, holding Damon’s arm and using my body as support, helping him to the ward step by step.
Damon had slimd down a bit recently, but he was still a tall guy, and his body was not light. I was leaning a bit, but I dared not let go.
Because Damon smoked a lot, his hospital gown slled strongly of smoke, so I couldn’t help turning my head to cough a couple of tis
I lost strength in my legs accidentally, and with most of Damon’s weight on , I couldn’t stand steady
Damon seed to anticipate that I would fall because of my distraction. He quickly let go of and fell forward himself, but the accident still happened since I was also pulled forward by his falling force
"Ouch..." When I fell on Damon, I heard him gasp
I tried to scramble up in a panic, only to land my hand on his stomach. He twitched his brow and glared at , "Are you trying to kill your ex-husband?!"
A kind-hearted nurse ca over. She helped up first, then, along with , helped Damon, who was pale with pain, up and sent him to the ward.
I should’ve left then, but out of guilt, I decided to stick around and see how things were.
The nurse checked Damon, gave him so dication, and gave him so advice.
"If you don’t like the hospital food, I can bring you so when I go ho!" The nurse said while blushing a bit..
"No need." Damon replied coldly
The nurse left awkwardly, and seeing that Damon was okay, I decided to leave too
Damon, lying in bed, asked , "Are you going to worsen my condition and then leave? What if your fall and push left with lingering effects?"
I was speechless. "Wasn’t it you who asked to help you?"
He looked at with a hint of mischief in his eyes, "You could have refused to help , but in the end, you made things worse, and that’s your responsibility"
"Damon, don’t push it. If you keep this up, even if you were dying in front of , I wouldn’t help you" I replied, frowning.
Damon managed to laugh. He turned slightly in bed, then replied, "Shouldn’t you stomp on my corpse a couple of tis to let out so pent-up anger?"
"I’m not you, I’m not that sick?" I checked my watch, "I have things to do, you rest."
As I was about to leave, I heard Damon’s shaless request, "Help get a bowl of mushroom soup."
I turned my head and saw a bowl of mushroom soup on the bedside table that had been brought by Zoe
"Just eat that one" I pointed at the mushroom soup on the table and told Damon.
Damon glanced at the soup on the table and replied matter-of-factly. "It’s cold. The mushroom soup cools too quickly I have a stomach problem and need to eat hot food"
He was uncooperative with dication and rest before, and now he suddenly knew that he had a stomach problem and couldn’t eat cold food. I had every reason to suspect that Damon was deliberately causing trouble..
I wouldn’t indulge him. "Then don’t eat it. You ss with yourself every day; a bowl of mushroom soup won’t make you better."
Damon asked discontentedly. "Shouldn’t you compensate for the harm you just did to ?"
I hurt him? Damon had so nerve
Just as I was about to argue, another nurse ca in. She saw the mushroom soup on the table, felt it, and said to , "How could you let him drink such cold mushroom soup? Patients must eat warm and easily digestible food. The shops outside should still be open, you should go check"
Damon was eyeing , waiting for my response.
I was speechless for a mont, and under the nurse’s urging, I had to go outside the hospital to buy a bowl of soup.
When I returned to Damon’s ward with the mushroom soup, he had already sat up in front of the hospital bed, one hand receiving an IV infusion, and the other scrolling on his phone.
When he saw carrying the mushroom soup, he seed quite pleased, and a smirk appeared on his lips.
I handed him the mushroom soup expressionlessly. "Drink it while it’s hot."
He looked at the unopened box, then at his left hand. "Help open it and set it up, will you?"
Suppressing my reluctance, I opened the small table on the bed, then opened and arranged the mushroom soup, finally taking a deep breath, "Is that alright?"
Damon put down his phone, picked up the spoon, and started drinking the mushroom soup. He casually responded, "One more thing"
I was puzzled, what else could he want now?
After drinking a few mouthfuls of the mushroom soup, Damon looked up at , "Even though I promised you that I wouldn’t bother you again, since today you ca to first, I can now tell you that the repair estimate is out from when you hit my car before"
I almost forgot about that. Indeed, I still owed him compensation.
"Alright, I’ll transfer it to you when the ti cos." I answered readily.
Then I left. I had to check on my mom and instruct the caregiver.
Damon let go this ti without saying anything else. When I got to my mom’s ward, the caregiver was already prepared to rest on the companion bed.
I instructed the caregiver, chatted with my mom for a while, and then left for ho.
I had discussed with the doctor about bringing my mom ho for care. I was planning to take her back when my dad retired.
But I didn’t expect my dad to get into bigger trouble before we could settle my mom at ho.
"Eliana, sothing’s wrong!"
The day before my dad’s birthday, I was at work when Luna called in a panic, "Your dad is in trouble; he’s been taken away!"
I was flustered. I had no idea what she ant, "What do you an?"
Luna briefly explained to what had happened. Apparently, soone had reported my dad for improper relationships and abuse of power.
This had made the news, and the higher-ups had already issued an announcent.
I had been busy with work these past few days and hadn’t been keeping up with the news. Plus, my dad had always been a man of good character; how could he have inappropriate relationships and abuse his power?
I hastily arranged my work, then called my dad
"I’m okay; you focus on your work and take care of your mom." My dad’s voice seed to have aged a lot. He said this and hung up. When I called back, it was already unreachable.
Soon enough, word got out that my old man was in so kinda trouble. People started ringing up to ask about what was going on, but honestly, I was pretty much in the dark myself.
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